Pensacola pastor accused of hitting Christian school student

Head of school for troubled students accused of using physical discipline

11:28 PM,
Dec. 11, 2012

The Rev. Willie Demps69, is the CEO of S.L. Jones Christian Academy, a K-12 school described on its website as providing a Christian education for inner-city students. He also is the pastor at Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church.

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Eric Heisig
eheisig@pnj.com

A pastor who is also the chief of a Christian school is charged with three counts of child abuse after striking a student on three occasions last week, the Escambia County Sheriff's Office reported.

The Rev. Willie Demps, 69, is the CEO and his wife, Millicent, is the principal of S.L. Jones Christian Academy, a K-12 school described on its website as providing a Christian education for inner-city students. He also is the pastor at Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church.

The child's grandmother reported that her granddaughter returned from school "limping" and "in some sort of pain" ...